Just as one more data point.... I pulled the SIM out of my 8820 here in Paris and put it into my 8525....... 3G coverage and data... which means... I can use Internet Sharing on the 8525 for tethering. :D (I have an international data plan) Not that I would use it for long term data. But nice to have in that occasional case I need the laptop to connect for a quick transfer of a file the BB can't do.

But unfortunately it doesn't work with the iPhone. My dad recently bought one, so I finally had one I could play with. I took the SIM out of my Curve and put i t in the BB. Nothing. No internet. No phone.

So while you can go FROM the iPhone to a BB and get phone and some data, it doesn't do me a lot of good as I want the BB as the primary device and would like an iPhone for sometimes use.

But unfortunately it doesn't work with the iPhone. My dad recently bought one, so I finally had one I could play with. I took the SIM out of my Curve and put i t in the BB. Nothing. No internet. No phone.

So while you can go FROM the iPhone to a BB and get phone and some data, it doesn't do me a lot of good as I want the BB as the primary device and would like an iPhone for sometimes use.

There have been reports of people having success of doing that, but nothing confirmed that I have seen.

Junge... dumb question here (you may have done this)... have you deleted the browser service book in your Service Books, will it come back, or is a leftover from when you did have a BB Data Plan?

I did not delete the service books as I was scared they would not come back and that might have an impact on the usability. However, thinking about it now, I can always backup and restore, or better yet, my wife has a bb plan and I can
pop her sim in to get the service books back. The second I activated my iphone , my BIS account was "suspended by the system administrator" as it said on the ATT bis website when I tried to log in, as activating the iphone automatically removes the BIS plan from your acct. At least they got that right.

I'm curious now to see what happens when I delete the service books and then pop the iphone sim in. I'll report back